Description
Tried and true, nuts and chocolate are surefire pleasure for the palate. Look past the humble peanut with these four unique bites.
This chocolate experience highlights four different varieties of nuts from the South American rainforest: Cacay, Macambo, Sacha Inchi, and Shuar Peanuts. Each of these nuts represents ancestral foodways in this part of the world, and all of them are considered superfoods – rich with Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids and other nutrients. They are also native to some of the most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems on the planet. One of these nuts – the Macambo seed – comes from a Theobroma, a tree species in the cacao family.
TASTING: toasty, tangy, nutty
PAIRING: pilsner beer, spiced rum
CACAO ORIGIN: Piedra de Plata, Manabi – Ecuador
INGREDIENTS: Dark chocolate (65% heirloom cacao, 35% cane sugar), Macambo/ Cacay/ Shuar peanut/ Sacha Inchi (each mini bar contains one type of nut), sea salt, cacao butter
MADE IN QUITO, ECUADOR